Unexpected bear, oh no!

I went in and borrowed some of the icons from the modkit, so now you can put some Banished themed icons in your post.

                          

  Chapter 17


  In winter of year 17, Kamersalda, the hunter from the hunting camp was killed by a bear.  We were not aware of any bears in the area.  Neither of the hunters, up by where the mine was being dug, had ever seen one, and Kamersalda never mentioned ever seeing a bear or any sign of one.  Thinking it may have come from the southwest valley, we decided to build another hunting camp by the southwest barley field.  One less hunter would work in the north forest, we did not have many spare workers.
 
  Kamersalda was Alvadore's mother, and she left behind 2 other children ages 13 and 2 and a 29-year-old husband.  They were among the migrants that arrived in year 8.  Our daughter, Mericka, moved into the household soon after Kamersalda's passing, and took over her job as hunter.
 


  It was not clear to us just who our daughter was living with, Alvadore or his father; she claimed she was there to help take care of the 2-year-old toddler but we were not so sure. She would say no more.  There had been some speculation that there had been trouble in the marriage a few years ago but the couple had reconciled and had another baby.  Merika could not have been involved; she would only have been 12 or 13 at the time.  Again, she would not say.   She did say we should not worry; she would still look after her 2 sisters until we returned should we go off exploring.

  It was only a short time later that Windel the farmer died unexpectedly.  He left behind a wife, a married daughter, a 9-year-old daughter, and a 2-year-old son.  Windel, his wife, and oldest daughter were with the migrants that arrived in year 2.   

  The iron mine was completed in the following year.

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Quote from: kralyerg on February 16, 2024, 07:11:24 PM....It's not terribly difficult to add them.  If there's a specific smiley that someone wants, and you can find a nice little 20x20 pixel icon, I can probably add it in.

Thanks its nice to be able to use a  in a post, whenever I need a icon for anything I go and have a rummage thru the

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I can add more smileys, but it looks like the only way to add new ones is manually configuring each one.  There's nothing in that Hyves Smileys pack about automating the addition of new ones.

 
 

It's not terribly difficult to add them.  If there's a specific smiley that someone wants, and you can find a nice little 20x20 pixel icon, I can probably add it in.

Chapter 16




  We noticed that the harvest of year 16 was not being taken to storage; the half-barrels of barley and turnips were sitting on the fields.  The storage units were full but there was plenty of room in the market but still the crops sat out on the fields.  We assigned another worker to the market thinking to make room in the pit houses, but then it snowed.  We may have lost some crops but our harvest totals were still very good.  We built a small turf storage unit by the herbalist and a log shed down the road closer to the barley field.  The two houses in that area still did not have enough tar on site for the builders to complete their work.   We were also short of bog iron; construction work began on an iron mine north of the foresters.
 




  In spring of year 17, another group of migrants arrived but did not stay; they headed south.  They did not want to take a boat.  Our daughter, Mericka, was concerned every time her father talked about exploring this new world.  She was 15, and old enough to marry.  She was good friends with both Lenaro living next to us and Zollins living 2 doors down, 17-year-old Alvadore, in one of the frame houses behind the mead hall, seemed interested in her.  She said she was not going anywhere. 

  It was a hot summer with temperatures in the upper 70s.  Work continued on the mine but stopped long enough for the builders to return to the frame houses when the needed tar was finally available.





  The two frame houses along that back row were finally completed in autumn. Zollins along with Abigayley moved into one house, and his younger brother, Ranco, moved into the other.  Merika did not seem upset.